Bearing scraper



May 12, 1925.

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WIQLIAM LEE ELLISON, 0F GIDDINGS, TEXAS.

BEARING SCRAPER.

Application filed July 18, 1923. Serial No. 652,426.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLIAM LEE EnnisoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Giddings, in the county of Lee and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Bearing Scraper, of which the followingis a specification.

The present invention aims to provide a device for scraper bearings and the like, and has for its primary object to provide means whereby the scraper may be eiiiciently accomplished by means of a pair of adjustable scrapers capable ofready operation to the dimension desired and a supporting mechanism whereby a bearing may be firmly held while beingv operated upon by the scrapers.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a device for scraper bearings of the above stated character which is simple, durable, and efficient and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in View as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features'of construction, combination and arrangement-of parts as will behereinafter more fully describedand claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing,

. in which,

' Figure 1 is an elevation of the device embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken therethrough,

Figure 4 is a detail perspective View of the scrapers,

Figure 5 is a detail perspective of one of the operating members for the supporting mechanism, and

Figure 6 is a detail perspective of a track member used in the supporting mechanism.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the device consists generally of a frame, a bearing supporting mechanism, and a scraper mechanism.

The frame 'A is of substantial V-shaped formation including a base or intermediate portion 1 which may be suitably fastened to a support as at 2. A pair of arms 3 diverge from each other and extend from the endsof this base 1 and terminate in the beam 6 forms part of the frame A and spans the intermediate portions of the legs 8 being attached thereto by brackets 7.

The shaft- 5 forms part 'of the scraper mechanism a gear 8 is keyed to one end thereof and meshes with a larger gear 9 which is journalled at the upper ends of one of the extensions 4. A handle or crank 10 is attached to the larger. gear 9 for'operation thereof. A pair of scrapers each of which is indicated generally atll consists threaded as at 15 so that a nut 16 may be engaged therewith. Links 17 are pivotally attached to the sleeve 14 and also to the blades 12. Thus by'actuation by this nut on the threaded portion 15 the sleeve may be moved so as to push the blade portions 12 away from each other and the springs 18 are tensioned to normally draw the blades toward each other. One scraper is longer than the other so that the legs 13 of one scraper are disposed between the legs of the other as is clearlv illustrated in Figure 4.

The supporting mechanism/is mounted upon the beam 6 and consists of a track bar 20 having stop lugs 21 at its ends- This track bar 20 is bolted to the bridge beam 6 so as to extend tranversely thereof. A pair of jaws or clamping members 22 are iii) slidable on this track bar 20 and are provided with curved portions the terminals of which are notched as at 23 for engagement with a bearing. members 22 may be moved toward or away from each other by means of the threaded bolts 24. There are two of these threaded bolts 24 and each is threaded through one jaw and rotatable freely through the other.

Thus in Fig. 3 the upper threaded bar is threadedly engaged with the right hand These aws or clamping.

jaw 22 while the lower threaded bar is threadedly engaged with the left hand jaw 22. By the operation of these bolts it will readily be understood that the jaws may be moved into firm and tight engagementwith a bearing so as 'to support it while the the scope of my :invention.- p -v Having thus described my mvention, what I claim as new is:

nected-"to theintermedlate 7' -'legs, means'for rotating the shaft, a-bearing scrapers are being rotated within the bearing by the operating mechanism consisting of the gears 9 and 8 and the shaft J 1? It will be observed from'the foregoing that ,myimproved apparatus is simple and durable, and is susceptible of being; readily.

adjusted and operated inan efficient manner.

however, to 'befunderstood as confining myself to. such-specific construction and ar rangementof parts, as; such changes or mod1-" fications may made as fairlyfall within ln combination, asupporting in bearing supporting mechanlsm including a track bar, a pair of jaws slidable on the eluding. abase, -apai1i of diverging legs extending. upwardly from the ends. of: the base.

and termma'ting in journals a shaft rotatable in 'said journals,.a bridge beamconportion of the i sup-porting 1 mechanism. mounted on the beam, and a scraper mechanism'bperatable by said shaft.

80 "g2.i iln.combination, a supporting frame, a bearingsupporting mechanism on the frame,

a scraper mechanism, means for. operating the scraper mechanism, said scraper mechamsm conslstmg of a pair of U-shaped scraper's' including means for adjusting the same in relation to each other.

A scraper mechanismincluding a shaft,

a pair of serapers,l-each substantially U-.

shaped to provide an intermediate blade and a pair of legs-slidablethrough the shaft and means for moving the scrapers in relation to each other."

v .4. A scraper mechanism including a shaft, a pair of U shaped scrapers having their ends slidablethrough the shaft, "saidshaft providedwiththreads between the ends of the scrapers, a sleeve slidab'le on the threaded portion of the shaft, a nut on the threaded portion of:the shaft, for actuation of the sleeve, links pivotally connected to the sleeve and to the scrapers, and springs tending to urge the scrapers toward each other all in the manner and for the purpose specified.

5. In combination a supporting frame, a

track bar, a pair of threaded bolts associated with the j aws. for movingthem in rela tiontoeach other, and a scraper mechanism all in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In te's'timonv whereof I aflix my signa- 

